Smart, successful and good-looking Iwaya Sumire works for a big newspaper. However, her boss asks her to leave for being too "perfect" a woman. Feeling angry and dejected Iwaya returns home depressed, and most of all lonely. However, when she finds an unconscious young man lying in a box out the front of her home, she takes him in since he looks like a dog she used to own called Momo. She dubs him Momo and decides to "keep him as a pet." It's the start of an unexpected life together as they overcome obstacles and become quite attached to one another. But can love like this exist?

I thought it's a good josei because of the nice ratings it gets from readers so I started reading it. I have to agree that the story was quite addicting to read from vol 1-3 but it went downhill for me on the next volumes. I guess it lost its appeal when

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Sumire started to have a serious relationship with Hasumi while keeping her pet Momo on the side. Talk about infidelity.

Anyway I still recommend this to all josei readers out there because it has all the elements that a josei reader would love (ie Experienced characters, complicated relationships, multiple sexual experience etc.)

i rarely pick up a Josei series, so the good titles are being left out. I am choosy at romance series, i really hate it when main girls gets picked up by a lot of guys so i stayed away on so many shoujo and josei and dark seinen. although this one has some of those, the guys never really lasted for alot of pages or has become an important part of the story.

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although the exception is Hasumi, he is made a main character and it started as hasumi sumire loving each other

it has it good moments although i wish more of

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sumire longing for momo before the epic break up with hasumi. more drama, more cheesy lines, more crying, more of rumi x momo to make sumire jealous. etc etc

oh on that last chapter,

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my heart hurts goes "ouch" at that sumire smile after Hasumi's call. I was like, "you stupid author why bring that back when hasumi x sumire is all over chapters ago"

Sooo, I started reading manga about a year ago, I always saw this and avoided it, since it seemed pretty boring...soo today I saw this on my wish list and decided to read this(was sorta in the mood I quess).So I read the first chapter and it was really good, then I read the second and yep, just as good;then I read the third and....hmm its kinda boring but ok....then the forth, my thoughts are, ok thus is getting a little boring now.I then got to the eighth with some skimming....I've now decided to give it a break.I'm thinking that maybe this is because I'm reading this in bed...

Edit:So, it didn't improve but I was ok with that but then volume 7 kicks in and the translations picture quality gets shit and the chapters get cut to 15 pages....from their I skimmed through it, and I finally realised that I was on volume 11 already and....nothing had really happened that was worth 11 volumes..I mean literally no development was made between the owner and the pet.

I have to say, I loved the pet, but really thus hangs went downhill from volume 1...I wouldn't waste your time because their really isn't any romance and the way the charters act can sometimes be very retarded...

I deducted one star only because it dragged on for a loooong time. Too much Sumire and Hasumi and not enough Sumire and Momo/Hasumi and Fuku. And I don't know why, but I loved Fuku and Hasumi together! When she started becoming his pet her character started getting so complex. Like the thing with her father hitting her, and her having to pay for schooling for her little brothers. I also liked Hasumi a lot more when he was around her (ditto for Sumire), they were both trying to be too perfect around each other. But seriously guys, awesome manga. The ending is worth it.

At first I thought this was going to be like one of those typical manga with typical characters but boy was I wrong! This manga is like really fabulous >.<

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It has the perfect end where it didn't really leave in a cliffhanger because before the actual chapter, we get a glimpse of the near future and all

I swear I love this like crazy, it satisfied my day.

The characters are very distinct and the two protagonist had an unbreakable bond where one was able to fully trust each other. No massive jealousy misunderstanding that one can find in a typical manga.

This is definitely a worth it manga to those who love a strong heroine but falls weak before the people she trust and to those who believe that even the third character deserved happiness.

Well, I thought this was done by the same person who did Happy Mania ( Moyoko Anno) because the art looking quite similar on the covers, and I really disliked that story. (Intensely) to the point in which, I had been avoiding Tramps Like Us (Kimi Wa Pet) manga for 6 years years, thinking it was done by the same person. And I never bothered to clarify.

But, lets just say, getting volumes 1 and 2 for $0.25 cents (in United States Currency) at a used book sale, I finally started to reluctantly read this series out of boredom. (There is not much manga I have not read already released in America, so I go over to ones I've skipped all these years) But, to say the least, I really I loved it when I actually did give it a try! I am so glad I finally started reading this series. And I hope to get further volumes soon!

I have been a little hesitant to read this one because there is just so much hype about it, but i almost wanted to smack myself for waiting this long!This is very much Josei and slice of life, so beware before starting it, if you're not in the right mood. The romance is secondary and develops slowly. I tend to like that sort of thing, so it was not a problem for me at all. I liked that the characters were flawed, but not stupid. With so many volumes, i would have hated it if the story started to drag, or took forever to realize things.

This manga is simply brilliant. I'm usually not a big fan of shoujo/josei, but i really have to make this one an exception. Even with all the dramas and stuff going on, there was not a single second that i feel frustrated reading this manga, which is quite rare for a 14 volumes manga. After finishing the first volume, I thought 14 volumes worth of this stuff is way too long. However, i was mistaken. the manga was very well, no, perfectly paced. Sure it feels almost like a slice of life in the first few volumes, but the development between the characters was amazing. The characters have some depth to them, but not too much. The plot could be predictable sometimes, but I have nothing against that so it wasn't really a minus for me. It was simple, interesting, and not frustrating. The idea wasn't very new or unique, but the execution is masterclass. The art felt weird at first, but as i kept reading, i felt that the main characters become better and better looking every chapter. By the time i finished this manga, I thought the art was just gorgeous. The ending was nice; it perfectly fits the manga and was ultimately satisfying.

In conclusion, this manga is... well flawless would be a way to describe it, since no matter how hard i try, i couldn't find a flaw to it. It's a very light read. If you're into a romance story then, this is a must.